Course Details & Registration

Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media

This is an ideal course for young budding artists. It both provides a great introduction and fosters the development of existing visual art skills in drawing, painting, and mixed media explorations (including basic monoprint and relief printmaking).

Covering various fundamental principles, methods and techniques, this course builds kids’ art vocabulary and creative confidence, while encouraging self expression and originality. All content and materials are age-appropriate.

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $257 – $342 +HST

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Draw, Paint & Sculpt

This course both provides a great introduction and fosters the development of existing visual art skills in drawing, painting and basic sculpting.

Covering various fundamental principles, methods and techniques, this course builds kids’ art vocabulary and creative confidence, while encouraging self expression and originality. All content and materials are age-appropriate.

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $257 –$342 +HST

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Cartooning & Illustration

Designed for those with a sense of humour and originality, this course will teach you how to bring your original stories and characters to life! You will learn the basic process of cartooning including character development and storyboarding. Learn to illustrate emotions, dynamic scenes and settings using various drawing techniques and styles. Create your own comic books as well as animations through multimedia projects such as flip books and thaumatropes.

Age Group: Grades 2–5

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $342 +HST

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Art & Handicrafts

In this course, get an introduction to ages-old techniques such as knitting, sewing and pattern-making, weaving, embroidery, book binding and more; and discover the role they play in some contemporary art. Then, putting new skills to practice, you will be encouraged to use your creativity and imagination to make your own, original art and design pieces using traditional handicraft materials and techniques.

Age Group: Grades 4+

Class Time: Saturday, 10:30am – 12:30pm | With TBD

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $342 +HST

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Art & Photography

Learn to develop compositions and take photos with a smartphone or camera, both in colour and black and white. Tell your stories by creating photo collages, crafts and mixed media art with your photography, paintings and drawings. A personal camera/smartphone is recommended but not mandatory.

Age Group: Grades 5–8

Class Time: Monday, 4:30 – 6:30pm | CLOSED

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $342 +HST

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Drawing & Painting

In a hands-on, studio environment, you will learn essential skills in drawing and painting.

Working mainly from observation, you will learn how to express and articulate what you see using line, tone, colour, and texture. You will learn how to achieve a sense of form, depth, and distance using techniques such as perspective and foreshortening, proportion measurement, tonal values, and different colour properties.

Composition building will be addressed and techniques in colour mixing, paint application, and canvas/ground preparation will be taught and practiced.

Emphasis will be on more traditional subject matter and approaches to art-making.

Age Group: Grades 5+

Course Length: 9 weeks (January 7 – March 9)

Fee: $342 +HST

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Draw, Paint & Sculpt the Human Form

This comprehensive, 2-part course provides an introduction and builds on existing visual art skills in drawing, painting and basic sculpting of the human form. The basic principles, methods, and techniques related to the representation of the human body in 2D and 3D art will be covered.

Part 2: Sculpting the Human Form (Spring 2019)Using a variety of techniques for modelling clay, casting and finishing plaster, creating wire sculptures and carving wood, students will learn the proportions of the human body, how the musculoskeletal system gives us our shape and how to reproduce its appearance in different media. The sculpture activities will contain a design component, where students will sketch out their ideas and engage in the creative process throughout.

Group critiquing and discussions of contemporary issues and trends in the visual art practices is an important part of this course. This course is especially recommended for students who intend to take Portfolio in the future, whether you are applying for the secondary admission, or planning for post secondary such as Animation, Interior Design, Architecture etc.

Class Time: Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00pm | With TBD

Fees: Part 1: $342 +HST Part 2: $342 +HSTFull Course: $684 +HST

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Junior Portfolio Building

This course is primarily intended for (but not limited to) students who are seeking an admission to a secondary school requiring a portfolio of original artworks.

The course will cover a variety of content, based on specific entry requirements of the school(s) you have chosen. You will learn to plan and execute on time your own original ideas, while producing works based on specified requirements.

Group critiquing and discussion of contemporary issues and trends in visual art practices is an essential part of this course, helping hone the soft skills you may need for a potential interview, presentation and/or a hands-on admission test.